Improving the use of competencies in public health education

C.J. Bennett and S.L. Walston

American Journal of Public Health, 2015, vol. 105, S65-S67

Abstract: Competency-basededucation is the present and future of public health education. As programs have adopted competencies, many have struggled and continue to struggle with actual implementation and curricular redesign. We experienced these problems at The University of Oklahoma College of Public Health; thus, we propose an adaptable and replicable process to better implement competencies and evaluate student mastery of them throughout any public health program. Wespecifically recommend adoptingmission-based competencies followed by a longitudinal evaluation plan like the model provided.

Keywords: curriculum; education; educational model; human; medical education; organization and management; school; United States, Competency-Based Education; Education, Public Health Professional; Educational Measurement; Humans; Models, Educational; Oklahoma; Schools, Public Health (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302329

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